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Originally posted by Phil Waterman
I wonder which foot do you put the toe tag to make it easier to identify the body after the accident? Weight difference 9500 pounds vs how much?
Did either the 6 or 17 pounder have brakes controlled by the towing vehicle or surge brakes?
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Niether the 6 or 17 pounder have brakes controlled by th towing vehicle, but at Arnhem sept 1944 the 6 pdr was towed by the Jeep and the 17 pdr by a 3/4 tonner, the Morris Commercial, this last was confirmed at Hartenstein this year by a vet, he told me he was "happy" to see a Carrier, because they pulled out a 3/4 tonner and a 17 pounder out of a crashed Hamilcar with a carrier to release the heavily wounded and dead pilots
Hendrik
